20 Country Licks

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20 Country Licks

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Lick 16 – Albert Lee: Mr Country Boy plays this line very often over a G chord. It’s such a great line that I would suggest to practice it in the most common country keys. It’s also a good workout for your hybrid picking technique which is used heavily in this example.

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Lick 18 – Brad Paisley: This is a crazy Brad Paisley line. He often throws in something that is quite unexpected! This line starts with natural notes, moves to natural harmonics (which are quite tricky at that speed!) and ends with natural notes. It’s a journey! Luckily he didn’t use the G-Bender on this one!

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Lick 20 – Brent Mason Advanced Double Stop 2: This is a slightly longer lines using double stops. This one features a different movement for the picking hand: the pattern is odd (3 notes) so the picking directions are fingers (for the double stop), up, down. Practising this cell in isolation will make the lick easier to execute.